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An account to bring you daily facts about snowboarding, skiing, and the winter sports community.
Big Snow, located at the American Dream Mall in New Jersey, is the only indoor ski resort in the United States.

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Main - Big Snow American Dream | Every Day is a Snow Day
Every Day is a Snow Day. Open Daily Make your plans to join us this summer! Let endless winter serve as the perfect backdrop to your next celebration.
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June 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The fastest skiing speed ever recorded is over 158 miles per hour. In 2023, French skier Simon Billy broke the world speed skiing record, when he reached a speed of 158.76 mph (255.50 kph).

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61 Fascinating Facts About Skiing | Montana Discovered
Let these amazing facts about skiing inspire you to strap on your skis! Learn fascinating information about skiing history, the Olympics, ski resorts, and more.
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June 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The record for distanced skied in 24 hours is almost 300 miles. Hans Maenpaa of Finland set the record in 2018, cross-country skiing 293.28 miles (472.007 km) in 24 hours.

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61 Fascinating Facts About Skiing | Montana Discovered
Let these amazing facts about skiing inspire you to strap on your skis! Learn fascinating information about skiing history, the Olympics, ski resorts, and more.
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June 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The Winter Paralympic Games now has 3 skiing disciplines: Alpine skiing, biathlon, and cross-country skiing.

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61 Fascinating Facts About Skiing | Montana Discovered
Let these amazing facts about skiing inspire you to strap on your skis! Learn fascinating information about skiing history, the Olympics, ski resorts, and more.
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June 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The first Winter Paralympic Games, held in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden in 1976, only had skiing events.

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61 Fascinating Facts About Skiing | Montana Discovered
Let these amazing facts about skiing inspire you to strap on your skis! Learn fascinating information about skiing history, the Olympics, ski resorts, and more.
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June 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The opening and closing ceremonies of the 1960 Winter Olympics were directed by Walt Disney.

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10 Winter Olympics facts! | National Geographic Kids
Check out some hair-raising Winter Olympics facts! What is the Winter Olympics? What sports take place? And where is it being held next?
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June 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A new skiing discipline, Ski Mountaineering or "skimo", will be introduced in the 2026 Olympics. In Skimo skiers must first race to climb up the mountain with their skis before skiing down.

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61 Fascinating Facts About Skiing | Montana Discovered
Let these amazing facts about skiing inspire you to strap on your skis! Learn fascinating information about skiing history, the Olympics, ski resorts, and more.
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June 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The first recorded ski race took place in 1843. It was a cross country skiing race and occurred in Tromso, Norway.

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61 Fascinating Facts About Skiing | Montana Discovered
Let these amazing facts about skiing inspire you to strap on your skis! Learn fascinating information about skiing history, the Olympics, ski resorts, and more.
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June 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Although there is some debate, many archaeologist agree that the oldest existing ski is 8000 years old and was found near Lake Sindor in northwest Russia.

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61 Fascinating Facts About Skiing | Montana Discovered
Let these amazing facts about skiing inspire you to strap on your skis! Learn fascinating information about skiing history, the Olympics, ski resorts, and more.
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June 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The first Winter Olympics was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. Around 250 athletes from 16 countries competed in 16 events.

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10 Winter Olympics facts! | National Geographic Kids
Check out some hair-raising Winter Olympics facts! What is the Winter Olympics? What sports take place? And where is it being held next?
www.natgeokids.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Ullr is the Norse god of skiing and winter sports. He is often depicted with a bow, arrows, and traveling on skis.

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The Insider Investigates: Why Do We Praise Ullr?
How did a Norse god end up an icon in Whistler? Insider, Nikkey Dawn, set out to find the answer and made a shocking discovery along the way.
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June 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Skadi is the Norse goddess of skiing. She is also known as the Norse goddess of winter, mountains, snowshoeing, and bowhunting.

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June 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Tuckerman's Ravine, a glacial cirque located 4430 ft above sea level, is known as the birthplace of extreme skiing in the US. Part of Mount Washington it's the highest peak in the Northeast US at 6288.2 ft #mountains #backcountryskiing #nature #didyouknow #WinterWorld #NH
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June 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Snowboarding was included in the Winter Paralympic Games for the first time in 2014. It was originally part of the Para alpine skiing program, and became its own Paralympic sport in 2018.

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June 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
In the 1985 James Bond film, “A View to Kill”, World Champion Snowboarder and founder of SIMS Snowboards, Tom Sims acted as Roger Moore’s (007) stunt double during the film’s snowboarding scenes.

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June 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The word “ski” comes from the Old Norse word “skio” meaning “stick of wood”. The term was coined in modern Norway in the late 19th century.

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Did you know? 7 facts about snow sports | Chill Factore
Do you want to arm yourself with some ski facts? What about snowboarding facts? Check out these interesting snowsports facts from Chill Factore.
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June 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The inaugural Winter X Games was held in 1997 at Big Bear Lake in California. This was also the first year that ABC Sports broadcasted the X Games.

(Source: www.xgames.com/our-history)

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History of the X Games - X Games
The history of X Games including details and highlights on various X Games events and projects over the years from the origins in 1995 to present day.
www.xgames.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Snowboarding was first included in the 1998 Winter Olympics hosted in Nagano, Japan.

(Source: www.michigan.org)

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June 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM